Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “whelks” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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46 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
whelks	16	36	732	(None)
whelk	15	43	1106	1	whelk_
whelky	19	31	497	1	whelky
whelms	14	37	757	1	whelms
whelps	14	43	784	1	whelps
chalks	15	54	1214	2	chalks
checks	17	49	1270	2	checks
cheeks	15	47	1278	2	cheeks
chelas	11	38	1720	2	chelas
elks	8	58	2003	2	__elks
hecks	14	52	2065	2	_hecks
hells	8	50	3204	2	_hells
helms	10	56	1946	2	_helms
helos	8	49	2806	2	_helos
helps	10	52	1934	2	_helps
holks	12	47	2056	2	_holks
hulks	12	57	1548	2	_hulks
sheiks	13	25	1001	2	sheiks
shells	9	43	1952	2	shells
walks	12	62	1850	2	w_alks
weeks	12	50	1786	2	w_eeks
welds	9	47	1916	2	w_elds
wells	8	54	2619	2	w_ells
welts	8	52	2519	2	w_elts
whacks	18	46	1048	2	whacks
whales	12	47	1694	2	whales
wheals	12	45	1252	2	wheals
wheats	12	50	1322	2	wheats
wheels	12	38	1172	2	wheels
wheens	12	46	1061	2	wheens
wheeps	14	43	995	2	wheeps
whelm	13	46	1198	2	whel_m
whelp	13	60	1209	2	whel_p
whenas	12	46	1046	2	whenas
whens	11	46	1876	2	whe_ns
wheres	12	59	1744	2	wheres
whets	11	50	1961	2	whe_ts
whews	14	51	1449	2	whe_ws
wheys	14	59	1155	2	whe_ys
whiles	12	44	1801	2	whiles
whisks	16	49	735	2	whisks
wholes	12	46	1677	2	wholes
wields	10	46	962	2	wields
wreaks	13	47	1111	2	wreaks
wrecks	15	41	888	2	wrecks
yelks	12	64	1362	2	_yelks

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	46	6.250	13208.2
3	Display Results	46	46	0.016	2875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	46	6.656	26846.6